Movies that I can't help but love

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My (top?) three favorite animated movies

• Anastasia (which is not a Disney movie, it's by 20th Century Fox)
• Mulan
• The Princess and the Frog

Why I like them?

• The girl saves the day
• There's racial diversity. Anastasia is Russian, Mulan is Chinese, and Tiana is black. And that's not what you see often in the media. 
• The main character finds her family, both literally (in the case of Anastasia) and figuratively. 
• There's a good musical soundtrack. 
• It's a twist on the old-fashioned fairy tale/myth.
• There's a sassy/jazz player/adorable animal friend.

And honestly, it was hard trying to find movies like these when I was growing up. Especially movies that didn't' involve objectifying the girl in some way; where the cast wasn't all white; and where it didn't use any offensive racial stereotypes. Because by now, I'm tired of having at least one of these in almost every movie that I watch. 

And now the weather:
Once Upon a December from Anastasia 
Reflection from Mulan
Almost There from The Princess and the Frog

~ Stacy N.